On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger(a)gmail.com> wrote:
To get python-docutils building with python-3.2 I've upgraded the
F15 and
Rawhide versions to a snapshot of 0.8. Unfortunately, this version brings
in new code that's licensed under the Apache license. This would change the
license from "Public Domain and MIT and Python and GPLv2" to "Public
Domain
and MIT and Python and Apache and GPLv3+".
The ramification that I can see from this would be that code that makes use
of python-docutils (note, not invoking its functionality via the commandline
tools it ships, just using it as a library) potentially won't be able to use
the GPLv2 as a legal license anymore. Converting to GPLv3 (or GPLv3+) would
be okay.
I've opened a bug upstream to see if upstream would be willing to change the
license on this subset of code so that we can continue to use it under the
old license terms:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3304675&...
It's looking like upstream intends for this license change to take
effect. I'll be talking to spot this week about just what this change
would mean for projects that make use of docutils and will pass along
some sort of guide on what packages will have to change to an
apache-compatible license afterwards.
-Toshio